COLES v. COLES

No. 3562.

204 A.2d 330 (1964)

Marilyn Atwood COLES, Appellant, v. Marvin J. COLES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 2, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Bress, Washington, D. C., with whom Abe Fortas, Leonard Braman and J. H. Krug, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Roger Robb, Washington, D. C., with whom Kenneth Wells Parkinson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Chief Judge.

The parties to this appeal are husband and wife and are the parents of a little girl who is now about four years of age. After months of marital discord the parties separated, and in the trial court each sought custody of their daughter.1

The trial lasted many days and is reported in over 2,000 pages of transcript. Each party sought to prove his or her qualification for custody of the child and the other's lack...

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